Anna Lentz of Manitowoc says her Union Place home offers ?a piece of the country here in the city.? She is shown with her German shepherd, Pilot, on Monday outside the house she purchased in November.

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MANITOWOC - Anna Lentz, 26, is delighted with her Union Place home she purchased in November.

"It is a piece of the country here in the city," said Lentz, a paramedic with the village of Valders and St. Nicholas Hospital in Sheboygan.

"I like the fact that it has a lot of old charm and character with a lot of details ? and I love the views," Lentz said of the house built in 1918 with backyard vistas of Schuettte Park, the Manitowoc River and, at night, the lights of downtown. ...